Food-boiler



n. PFAHL.

-FOOD BOILER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE Il 1918. 1,374,108.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

ROBERT PFAHL, OF VENTURIA, 4NO'/TI-I DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0RUDOLPH DAHLKE, OF ASHLEY, NORTH DAKOTA. n

FOOD-BOILER.

nemica.

Application filed June 11, 1918.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT PFAHL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Venturia, in the county of McIntosh and State of NorthDakota, have invented new and useful improvements in Food-Boilers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

|This invention comprehends generally iinprovements in boilers, and moreparticularly relates to a food-boiler.

The present invention has for its principal object to provide a deviceof the above mentioned character designed to bemovably mounted over thebody of a heating stove for the boiling of food stuffs. i

More particularly the present invention embraces the provision of adevice of the above mentioned character, the boiler body of which is animproved construction, being formed with a water jacket in the bottomthereof for containing water, which when heated produces a steam, whileimproved means are arranged within the body of a boiler for allowing thesteam toenter the body of the boiler and act on the food-stuffs withinthe same for the cooking thereof.

As a further improvement this invention contemplates the provision ofimproved means for movably supporting the body of the boiler above thebody of the stove yso that the boiler body may be tilted to either sidefor the emptying of the contents therefrom whendesired, while improvedmeans are employed in conjunction with the boiler for removablyretaining the same in a tilted position. Y

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited theprovision of a device of the character described with a view tocompactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the constructionsimple and the cost of production low and the efficiency high. y

Other improvements and novel` details in the construction andarrangement of the various parts of the apparatus will be brought outmore in detail in the `description to follow, which for a clearunderstanding of the invention should be considered in connection withthe accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein isdisclosed for the purpose of illustration a convenient and satisfactoryembodiment of the invention. It is to be noted in this connection thatminor changes in the construc- Specfcaton of Letters Patent.

Yopening of a hinged door 7.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

Serial No. 239,465.

tion andl arrangement of parts may be made without departing from theprinciple of operation of the various parts.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich 1 Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof.

F ig. 2 isa front elevation ofthe invention.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section. of the invention, and Y Fig. 4f is aperspective detail.

Similar characters of reference are employedfin all of the abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts. l

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings there isprovided a stove-body 1 of a cylindrical configuration embodying thebottom 2 and the side walls 3, the body kbeing open at the top for apurpose to presently appear. l A grate l is mounted in the body inspaced relation to the bottom forming a compartment 5 for receiving anash-pan 6 which restson the bottom andwhich may be removed upon theAbove the grate a fire-pot 8 is pro-vided while `access is had theretothrough the provision of an yopening 9 in the side wall of the body andthis opening is removably closedby ahinged door 10. A' draft-nue 11projects from' the body near the upper edge thereof ywhile mounted abovethe open top of the stove is an improved food-boiler, indicated iiiitsentirety by the numeral 12.

in the present instance this boiler consists of a cylindrical bodycomposed of a main bottom 13 from which extends the cylindrisurfacesofthe side walls in spaced relation to the main bottoni is a falsebottom 15 which cooperates with the main bottom in providing a waterchamber 16. A vertical perforated tube 17 'extends centrally from thefalse bottom 15 so that the steam produced upon the heating of the waterin the chamber 16 may pass upwardly through the tube 17 and out throughthe perforations 33 into the interior of the upper part of the bodywhich serves as a food-receiving compartment 18 and this steam whichenters the compartment 18 serves to cook the foodstuffs therein. A cover19 is removablydisposed on the upper edge of the body of the food-boiler12.

In order to movably support the body of cal side walls 111 whileconnected to the inner the food-boiler above the body of the stove,opposed standards 20 are secured to the side wall 3 of the stove-body land are formed at their upper ends with opposed recesses 2l in which arejournaled trunnions 22 which are carried by and extended at oppositepoints fromthe body of the boiler l2 at points approximately medial ofthe upper and lower ends thereof but slightly nearer the upper end so asthe lower portion of the food-boiler will act to maintain itself in avertical posiion directly over the open top of the stove ody.

In order to removably lock the cover 19 on the upper edge of the boilerbody 12, a clamp indicated'in its entirety by the numeral 28 is disposedtransversely across the top of the cover and has its respective endsremovably engageable with retaining hooks 24 carried at o posite pointson the upper edge of the boi er body l2. Subsequent to the detaching ofthe clamp 23 a knob 25 on the cover may be engaged'to facilitate theremoval thereof.

To tilt the boiler body toward either side for the emptying of thecontents therefrom,

a handle26 is connected to the body and pro-l jects upwardly therefrom,and it is apparent that upon the engaging of this handle the body l2 maybe rocked to either side owing -to the engagement of the trunnions inthe recesses in the standards. A bail 27 has its Yrespective endsconnected at opposite points Yis carried by the outer end of the chainVand is designed to be removably engaged on a stud 30 which projects fromthe boiler body 12 at a point directly above the point of connection ofthe chain and the adjacent trun* nion 22 when the boiler body is ineither of its tilted positions and of course acts to maintain the boilerbody in a substantial horizontal position when the contents is beingemptied.

To allow some of the steam to escape fromy thefood-containing.compartment when desired, an elbow-shaped outlet pipe 3leX- of the operation of the invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewiseit is believed that the advantages of the invention will be readilyapparent. 'Y

A food boiling apparatus embodying a cylindrical stove body havingmeans' for carrying a fire therein, the said body being open at itsupper end and formed at diametrically opposite points thereon withstandards, a boiler corresponding inV shape to the stove portion andprovided with trunnions on diametrically opposite sides which engage inrecesses formed in the upper ends of said standards, the bottom of theboiler being disposed normally through the open top of the stoveportion, a removable closurey for the upper end of the boiler, a tiltinghandle carried by the boiler at its upper end, and `a chain connected toone of the standards and carrying a hook at its free end engageable witha stud carried on one side of the boiler and above the plane oftheaforesaid stud,

whereby the boiler 'may be shifted into, an r position for the purposeherein

